How Fast is your internet Connection? Do you always get what you pay for?

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It was estimated that the cost of changing all the lines to fibre optics would cost the companies 4 billion pound. The companies said that they needed the government to help with the cost. The government r thinking abt it n they might change them in several months time.

Did you even read what I said?

Originally Posted by mgsplayer

that's not the exact one...the exact is the top limit

you can usually see it when you're DL from a strong server like rapidshare or viewing an HD video in Gametrailers...

true...but some routers show the general(big line?!) speeds like 100Mb/s or 400Mb/s
i've seen some ISP that add an icon under control panel-->network connections giving the exact DL/UL speeds...i use DUmeter and it shows the exact speeds too
tonight the speed has gotten remarkably high...maybe a lot of students aren't connected in this line lucky me

Not particularly bothered about my speed. I'm more concerned about my download limit. My isp currently changed their options so when i moved flats and had to get reconnected i found myself paying Â£8 more for no download limit.

true...but some routers show the general(big line?!) speeds like 100Mb/s or 400Mb/s
i've seen some ISP that add an icon under control panel-->network connections giving the exact DL/UL speeds...i use DUmeter and it shows the exact speeds too
tonight the speed has gotten remarkably high...maybe a lot of students aren't connected in this line lucky me

No router would do that.

The router doesn't have a clue what line you've paid for - Only the stream which reaches it.

2.
Location: home 2 (I have 2 houses)
Plan: 4M/1M DSL
Data: fair use.
Price: ~12USD/Month
What do I get: 4M/1M
Special notes: It's cheap.
Mark 8/10 for being cheap and getting what I pay for.

3.
Location: The office.
Plan 100M/100M fiber
Data: 4 TB
Price: ~undisclosed, but more than most of you can afford.
What do I get: ~90M/80M to the internet (you hardly get these speeds, my record has been 7 MB/s fromt he Microsoft update server).
Special notes: Mostly used for work related stuff, uploading huge raws, 400 meg TIFFS etc etc.
Mark: 7/10 for superb speed, but at a high price and sometimes I break my 4TB limit and I pay dearly for it.

The 20M/1M line will be dropped soon as I will be moving to house 2 for a more permanent period.